Assigning Permanent Labels and Formats
Overview
At
this point, you've seen raw data read and manipulated to obtain the
observations, variables, and variable values that you want. Our
final task in this chapter is to permanently assign labels and
formats to variables.
If
you read Creating List
Reports, you learned to
temporarily assign labels and formats within a PROC step. These
temporary labels and formats are applicable only for the duration
of the step. To permanently assign labels and formats, you use
LABEL and FORMAT statements in DATA steps.
Remember that labels and formats
do not affect how data is stored in the data set, but only how it
appears in output.
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